Press releases
Finance in Common Summit: Official launch of Sport en Commun”, the first digital platform in Africa for fundin...
Within the framework of the "Finance in Common" Summit, the African Sport en Commun platform was officially launched today in the presence of development and sport stakeholders mobilized to achieve th...
France grants €4 million towards key health projects in Sudan, through the Agence Française de Développement
On November 8, H.E. Mrs. Emmanuelle Blatmann, French Ambassador to Sudan, added her signature to two financing agreements between the French Development Agency (AFD) and the Save the Children Fund (Un...
France releases 25 million euros to help the housing and health sectors and aid economic recovery after the Au...
The Ambassador of France to Lebanon, Anne Grillo, chaired, on 5 November 2020, a signing ceremony for projects funded by France in response to the August 4 blast.
Water stress in North Africa: The French Development Agency and the Sahara and Sahel Observatory sign a new pa...
Signature of a new partnership between the French Development Agency and the Sahara and Sahel Observatory for the establishment of a regional initiative: “Water Stress and Climate Change in North Afri...
Sustainable finance: Success of AFD's first SDG Bond issue for a total of 2 billion euros
After issuing climate bonds in 2014, AFD announced on 21 October that it had issued the first bond under its new United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) framework, ahead of the "Finance in...
Fak’ugesi Festival 2020: A virtual feast of Africa’s best creative digital workshops, talks, pitches and digit...
Wits University’s Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct and Wits School of Arts in Johannesburg will run their Fak’ugesi Digital Innovation Festival 2020 programme live and online for one month fro...
The Clean Oceans Initiative reaches two thirds of its 5-year financing target and expands with CDP and ICO as...
Today at the IMF/World Bank Group meetings, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the European Investment Bank (EIB) and KfW acting on behalf of the German Federal Government reported significa...
South Africa: International infrastructure partnership formalised
The Department of Local Government in the Western Cape and the French Development Agency (AFD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at addressing the backlog in the investment in infrastructure...
France and Kenya Sign a Series of Financing Agreements to the Tune of EUR 142 m in Support to Kenya’s Big Four...
The visit to France of the President of the Republic of Kenya, H.E. Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta on October 2, was the occasion to sign four financing agreements in support to Health emergency response, Opening...
AFD, the EU and Kenya to Finance Opening Up of Northern Areas With Better Rural Roads
On the sidelines of the visit to France of the President of the Republic of Kenya, H.E. Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta on October 2, a financing agreement was signed for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) rural road...
AFD, EIB, the EU and Kenya Join Forces to Improve Access to Water and Sanitation in Kisumu
On the sidelines of the visit to France of the President of the Republic of Kenya, H.E. Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta on October 2, financing agreements for the Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation Project (LVWATS...
AFD group grants a US$100 million loan to Equity Bank to support Kenyan SMEs
This major operation illustrates Proparco’s firm commitment to the African private sector amid current Covid-19 crisis and economic turmoil, with a particular focus on job-creating SMEs, as part of th...
Mozambique: Government Speeds Up Electrification of Country with Emphasis on Renewable Energies
Public Calls for Tender to improve transparency and competitiveness in the renewable energy sector.
AFD and Green Climate Fund : Support adaptation of irrigation to climate change in Palestine
In the presence of His Excellency the Prime Minister, Mr. Mohammad Shtayyeh and Mr. René Troccaz, the French Consul General of Jerusalem, Palestine signed today a 23.7 million Euros project funded by...
French-German Cooperation in Iraq: 15 Million Euros Grant provided by France to Strengthen Water and Sanitatio...
On August 3rd, the French Development Agency and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH signed a 15 million euros grant agreement for a project that will strengthen wat...
TerrAmaz: A new partnership to reconcile the fight against deforestation with development in Amazonia
The TerrAmaz project will serve to support Amazonian communities, starting with five pilot territories in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, in the fight against deforestation and the transition to s...
Signing of the “Energy Climate” Policy Based Loan between the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and AFD
On the 24th of August 2020, The Republic of Uzbekistan and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) have signed an “Energy Climate” Policy Based Loan in co-financing with the Asian Development Bank (AD...
TDB and AFD sign a credit line to finance green infrastructure in Africa
On August 14th, Mr Admassu Tadesse, Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) President and Chief Executive, and Ghislain de Valon, AFD Kenya Director, signed a USD 150 million cre...
Solidarity with Lebanon: France calls for Donations
Following the explosions that rocked Beirut last week, destroying entire sections of the city, Fondation de France has issued a call for worldwide solidarity. The goal is to coordinate a maximum amoun...
Launching a Coding School at ESA, in Partnership with ITESCIA and the AFD
AFD and the Ecole Supérieure des Affaires (ESA) in Lebanon signed an agreement today to create the ESA Coding Lab, a coding school established in partnership with ITESCIA. It aims to train young promi...